Healing Out Loud With Jackie Shea

Riva Lombardi, actress, mother, gratitude practicer   Riva Lombardi and Unexplained Infertility: You'll hear a baby gurgling (occasionally screaming) on and off through this episode—  this story of unexplained infertility ends in the birth of a beautiful little girl. In fact, eight-week-old Birdie was given just a 10% chance. But, she's here and she's loud and she's healthy. Birdie came after five years of struggle—miscarriages,heartache, devastation, hope—on the third IVF cycle. In this episode, we discuss Riva's journey with her husband, how they made it through, and they're doing today. Below you will find a more in-depth list of what we discuss, but, first, some advice from Riva—what to say and what not to say to someone struggling with infertility: Maybe don’t say things like-   "Do you really want kids?” (said as her 2 wonderful children run crazily around the house playing) “Oh I had a miscarriage too, it's not the end of the world” (says the woman with two children who conceived naturally) “H